Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Successful entrepreneurship and productive leadership require a sharp focus and high effectiveness. 7. Plan well. Planning your day will give you an idea of what you need to focus on and when. Focus tip: You will not have razor sharp focus overnight. So how do you cultivate great concentration and improve your focus?

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Dress nicely and if you want to, add an element of flair to your wardrobe — a scarf, a sharp tie, a cool belt, cool shoes. I wore what they wore — sharp shirts and expensive slacks. Next post: Creating A Life Plan. What did I do? I watched what all of my superiors were wearing — and guess what? Again, thanks for the good advice.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

Executive education can help create an action plan to navigate complex business challenges and improve decision-making. This can help executives build a network of contacts and develop relationships that will be valuable throughout their careers. Executive leadership training also creates a robust pipeline of future leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 9, 2015

Just like a sharp pain in the chest gets our attention about our health, painful criticism can point out those trouble areas that are crying for attention. Be Content, Embrace The Difference Between Needs & Wants – We all have this ideal in our brains of how we want our career, our family and our life to go. Change some more.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

For example, if you plan to implement a new POS system, training will be required to ensure all staff are comfortable with the change. Employees should also be trained in using sharp tools and heavy equipment safely to prevent accidents and injuries. Consider future needs when assessing training.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2013

Sharp Insights. Work/Life Balance Planning. Books Career Current Affairs Self Assessment Self-Awareness Skills Web/Tech What is' Marcus Buckingham: Now, Discover Your Strengths. John G Agno: Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge. (ebook $1.99, paperback $9.99). Related articles.

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Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Whether it’s a career aspiration, a fitness target, or a personal milestone, make sure your goal is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART). If you aim to grow your business, don’t waste time considering backup plans or side projects that will divert your focus. Be committed to your goal, and don’t goof off.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. However I am clearly stating that you don’t want to be dependant upon tier-one talent.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and organizational effectiveness.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Include a press release approach both to business planning and communication.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. It is based on the belief that organizational agility is, in fact, achievable; that it can be taught, learned and consistently practiced via me­thodical inquiry, preparation and planning.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

After he used the Trib’s own retirement plan as leverage to buy the company, Zell brought in as CEO a former morning zoo style radio shock jock named Randy Michaels. In it, he describes  how real estate investor Sam Zell and his minions destroyed the culture of the Chicago Tribune and other great newspapers in its holding company.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

And if you’re an employee, don’t underestimate the value of leadership skills in your career. They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. Plans and schedules work in advance to ensure deadlines are met. Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and consistently meets tight deadlines.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Scrap your iron-clad five-year plan. To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook. This plan will help you get through the year. Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy. Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. I have seen some leaders who are great with the praise but are not sharp in handling the negative. Leadership is about care and compassion.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2012

But in my interviews, I was surprised to find that people's inability to quit their current jobs had nothing to do with the perceived riskiness of their new professions, the fear of unemployment if job options fell through, or even how well they had defined their proposed new career step.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

A recent global ICEDR study revealed that leaders believe that the majority of women around the age of 30 leave because they are struggling to balance work and life or planning to have children, whereas men leave because of compensation. There is less of a need to segment and complicate talent strategies by gender.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Focuses on business development and implementation of new business plans across the Region. and The Career Playbook. He achieved consistent growth for 16 years at Sirona. Former CEO Named #1 Most Influential Person in Dentistry for 2017. Executive position with CityNet.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

With the virtual disappearance of major white-collar employers like Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse — once fairly reliable career on-ramps — young talent is focusing on entrepreneurship as a path forward. The Thiel Foundation president points out that “the safe career track is totally broken.” This is true.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

As the meeting progressed, it was clear that these Ivy-schooled individuals were slick, sharp, and well-structured. But landing a secure, high-paying job is not an excuse to knock the "misfits": the courageous few entrepreneurs who choose to risk their own careers, reputations, and financial security to improve the world for us all.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

As graduates explain their career choices to family and friends, they will confront the idea that our best and brightest are wasting their talent in an industry that doesn’t do anything worthwhile. But this anti-finance sentiment is detached from the reality of the profession and obscures the promise and peril of a career in finance.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The problem seemed not so much identifying what needed to be done as the lack of a plan for making the changes quickly enough. Today, complexity has become the silent killer of profitable growth in business, and sometimes of CEO careers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

New research from the Center for Work-Life Policy (CWLP) explores and analyzes the complicated career dynamics of this rich talent pool. One manager in a multinational corporation explained why she decided against a low-paying academic career, despite scoring third in the nationwide university entrance exam for biology majors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

But my experience as a consultant at a very large strategy firm whose clients are giant corporations had been that if someone admitted that he or she struggled with depression or mental illness, that would often be career suicide. We can plan for how long the employee will either be out of work or unable to work at full tilt.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". So that there's not a sharp, painful trade off between meaning and money; so that bankers don't earn hundreds of times what teachers do. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

This age group experiences a sharp increase in ongoing stress, characterized by the most negative thoughts and the least positive emotions, compared to other age groups. Or, you go back to school in order to make a major career change. Short-Term Goals – How Do They Plan to Get There? What will happen? How will you feel?”

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

The longer version is that an intentional leader revolutionized the academic institution of High Point University with powerful and practical business principles, which often received sharp criticism but ultimately proved to be wildly successful. Successful careers are important, but more so is leaving a legacy of significance.

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Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 90

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". So that there's not a sharp, painful trade off between meaning and money; so that bankers don't earn hundreds of times what teachers do. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money?

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Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

One of the more surprising findings is that the rate of Wharton graduates who plan to have children has dropped by about half over the past 20 years. This change in Wharton students’ plans for parenting is part of a larger trend; a nation-wide baby bust. mean at the time — the average 2012 graduate planned to have only 1.7.

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Policies Health Care Education Career 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

Whyte described the American worker — in particular the white-collar worker — as an "organization man" out to build his career and his life around a single corporation. The employment-to-population ratio — the simplest of job-market metrics — shows a sharp drop for men in particular in the last recession.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

They sold part of the theme park business, shut down adjacencies, and stopped planned expansions. In the photography industry, Leica provides a sharp example of how adding new capabilities can help a company reverse free fall. He and his team first attacked the portfolio of assets. Then they went deeper.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The open-plan office was noisy, highly interactive, and a little edgy. After their sharp exchange, they had devised a novel strategy for releasing a single from the album. What does the story of a British army recruit’s career have to do with creating an authentic workplace? Excerpted from. Why Should Anyone Work Here?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rather, we suggest a different approach: carving out a career path for younger physicians with leadership potential and creating a well-designed development pipeline so doctors emerge able to effectively lead large organizations of medical providers. Leading requires the ability to plan one’s own work and the work of others.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Martin (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. Grover Cleveland’s political career—a dizzying journey that saw him rise from obscure lawyer to president of the United States in just three years—was marked by contradictions.

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